Balloon Pop ~ iPhone

[Mystor]

I think you should switch to my gfx, it looks a bit nicer
No offense to your gfx...
If you message me on MSN I can send you the raw image file, I am too lazy to upload it.

Mist

[Silverwind]

Four directional bouncy machine gun? Sounds good to me!

[Swamp7hing]

I think 4 things:

1. The font needs a drastic change. It doesn't really fit the look of the game at all. Use something like BankGothic or VirtualDJ. Futuristic fonts go with shooting games - not jungle/script (Papyrus, am I right?) font.

2. No story. Please, no story. People don't want to be a young sniper in a training facility. They want to pop some balloons and have fun beating scores.

3. Fill in the background of any buttons with another shade. Helps them stand out.

4. Hypothetically, online leaderboards would add replayability. If you can add those, do so. You'll be thanking yourself later.

Hopefully I could help. Good luck with distribution!

[Gan]

I think you should switch to my gfx, it looks a bit nicer

Your graphics are pretty good though I think I'll save them until Balloon Pop 2 when it's more of an arena-type game.

1. The font needs a drastic change. It doesn't really fit the look of the game at all. Use something like BankGothic or VirtualDJ. Futuristic fonts go with shooting games - not jungle/script (Papyrus, am I right?) font.

I'll check out those fonts. I'm using Papyrus because it sort of reminded me of chalk. Which somehow relates to balloons and a stainless steel training facility.

2. No story. Please, no story. People don't want to be a young sniper in a training facility. They want to pop some balloons and have fun beating scores.

Some of the highest rating games have short but sweet storylines such as Angry Birds and Paper Toss. I'm trying to do the same. A storyline that gives purpose but isn't in the way. (By the way the storyline also leads into what I have planned for Balloon Pop 2 & 3)

3. Fill in the background of any buttons with another shade. Helps them stand out.

I might... don't own photoshop. Made the graphics on photoshop in school...

4. Hypothetically, online leaderboards would add replayability. If you can add those, do so. You'll be thanking yourself later.

I have a Global Highscores list which shows the top 20 of the current training mode.


-Gan

[Gan]

Gotta finish this in 2 days. My vacation starts in 3 days and ends in 3 weeks.
Here's my to do:
*Balloon popping and gun shooting sounds.
*Add Nuke graphics - Have a large circle atomic sign appear in middle then right after have the explosion graphics.
*Fix memory issues
*Possibly make credits screen loading so it doesn't blow up
*Multiple Bonuses at once


-Gan

[Gan]

This is my todo list guys: (The checkmark/Broken Image means finished)
*3 modes, beginner, distracted, seizurific.
*Global and private high scores.
*Nuke, multi direction gun, machine gun, bouncy bullets, Matrix mode, make everything run slow except the player. Timer run slow too.
*Fix poor image quality.
*Make distracted color changes slower.
*Fix joystick
*Add 3 global highscores
*Add 3 personal highscores
*Add Best Score that appears on score page
*Fix machine gun when firing
*Fix global/personal highscores when touch end not on highscore list
*Start loading global highscores after inserting name.
*Make the lists stop scrolling at bottom.
*Make balls smaller on each level after Beginner
*Add on gameplay screen Instructions before going into play..
*Add instructions on beginner and warning on last
*Multiple Bonuses at once
*Fix global highscore screen so that it isn't displayed when not connected
*Fix memory issues
*make it show 0.00 for time if it's less than 0
*Fix scrolling in highscores with few items
*Add Nuke graphics - Have a large circle atomic sign appear in middle
*Trim music to 30 seconds

As you can see there are no more things to do on the todo list. Know what this means?
Balloon Pop is being submitted to the App Store tonight.


-Gan
P.S. If any of you guys have final comments or want something changed or think balloons should fade out when popped or fade in when appearing speak now or forever hold your peace until the next update.

[Swamp7hing]

... make it free?
Then you can make a DELUXE version with MULTIPLE BALLOON TYPES and A SELECTION OF UNLOCKABLE WEAPONS.

[Gan]

That sounds interesting.
I'll make it free for a week or two to see how well things go.


-Gan
P.S. I'm in the middle of the submission process at the moment.

[Gan]

Incredibly horrible news. The name Balloon Pop is taken though there is no game called Balloon Pop on the App Store.

We need a new name even though I can't change the graphics. So:
Balloon Pop Free
Balloon Pop Training Facility
Balloon Pop Facilty
Balloon Pop 1
Balloon Pop: Training Facility
Balloon Pop Extreme
Balloon Pop 1.0
iBalloon Pop
BalloonPop
The Balloon Pop


Which do you guys like best, or perhaps you've got your own ideas for names?


-Gan

[EqwanoX]

99cents practically is free

balloon pop extreeme is cool, or balloon killer

[Tireas Dragon]

So do we have a new iPhone movie to see this cool game in action?

[Gan]

Yeah. It will come soon.

I've changed the name to Balloon Pop Extreme. We have 3 people who chose it so... Guess it's time to finish up the submission. I'm not sure what's so extreme about Balloon Pop though...
Well, seizurific mode can be pretty extreme.


-Gan

[Gan]

I think we should think up possible names. Someone originally took the name Balloon Pop so if their app comes out on the app store possible confusion could be made.
Once my app gets on the App Store I'd like you guys to give it a try on your iDevices. Then from what you've seen leave feedback to make it better and ideas for a new name.


-Gan

[Silverwind]

I went to buy it but couldn't find it.

EDIT:

*reads previous posts* Oh, right. I'll keep an eye out for it.

[Gan]

This is incredibly boring...
I'm just constantly re-loading my app's status page every few minutes waiting for something to happen...
and I don't feel like doing anything else...
...Can't...  ...wait...


-Gan